John 14:15-21 Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit (Ep.037), A. Sixth Sunday of Easter

This podcast is for learners of English as a foreign language who also want to study the Bible. The context or situation in today’s bible reading is that Jesus will soon be arrested. He will soon die. He is going away. He is still comforting the disciples that he will “not leave them as orphans”. He will not leave them forever. Jesus is promising the disciples that he will see them again. He also promises them a “helper”. The helper (or advocate) is the Holy Spirit. In verse 20, Jesus also tells the disciples that they will soon understand that they have a close relationship with Jesus and the Father. At the beginning and at the end of today’s reading Jesus says that “if you love me, keep my commands”. My takeaway from today’s reading is that we show our love of Jesus in obedience to his commands. We obey Jesus because we love Him. We know that God has loved us first. He created us, his Son died for us on the cross for the forgiveness of our sins and so we see that God loves us. In return we love and obey God. Love and obedience go together! I hope today’s podcast was helpful for you. I would love to hear from you. You can email me at [email protected] Take care and God bless you!! David Gray